Is latent tuberculosis infection challenging in Iranian health care workers? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Autoři: Mohammad Hossein YektaKooshali ^aff001; Farahnaz Movahedzadeh ^aff003; Ali Alavi Foumani ^aff002; Hoda Sabati ^aff005; Alireza Jafari ^aff002
Působiště autorů: Student Research Committee, School of nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran ^aff001; Inflammatory Lung Diseases Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Razi Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran ^aff002; Institute for Tuberculosis Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America ^aff003; Department of pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America ^aff004; Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Center, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran ^aff005; Urology Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Razi Hospital, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran ^aff006
Vyšlo v časopise: PLoS ONE 14(10)
Kategorie: Research Article
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Souhrn

Background

The high chances of getting latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among health care workers (HCWs) will an enormous problem in low and upper-middle-income countries.

Method

Search strategies were done through both national and international databases include SID, Barakat knowledge network system, Irandoc, Magiran, Iranian national library, web of science, Scopus, PubMed/MEDLINE, OVID, EMBASE, the Cochrane library, and Google Scholar search engine. The Persian and the English languages were used as the filter in national and international databases, respectively. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms was used to controlling comprehensive vocabulary. The search terms were conducted without time limitation till January 01, 2019.

Results

The prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs, based on the PPD test was 27.13% [CI95%: 18.64–37.7]. The highest prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs were estimated 41.4% [CI95%: 25.4–59.5] in the north, and 33.8% [CI95%: 21.1–49.3] in the west. The lowest prevalence of LTBI was evaluated 18.2% [CI95%: 3.4–58.2] in the south of Iran. The prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs who had work-experience more than 20 years old were estimated 20.49% [CI95%: 11–34.97]. In the PPD test, the prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs who had received the Bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) was estimated 15% [CI95%: 3.6–47.73]. While, in the QFT, the prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs in non-vaccinated was estimated 25.71% [CI95%: 13.96–42.49].

Conclusions

This meta-analysis shows the highest prevalence of LTBI in Iranian’s HCWs in the north and the west probably due to neighboring countries like Azerbaijan and Iraq, respectively. It seems that Iranian’s HCWs have not received the necessary training to prevent of TB. We also found that BCG was not able to protect Iranian’s HCWs from TB infections, completely.

Klíčová slova:

Tuberculosis – Systematic reviews – Database searching – Iran – Historical geography – Skin tests

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